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May 29, 2014

Consistency…last update: 05/29 @ 20:53 I just sent an email to National Geographic customer support asking for help renewing a gift. And I pulled out the email I sent them last year with different problems while trying to pay them money.

I’m not sure I’m making progress; last year it was “offer code invalid for recipient 1” when I didn’t use an offer code. The year it was “PT REQUIRED (NO TERM VAL) WITH OPT LEVEL DIGT DEMO OFFERS” — no matter which term I selected; though all the terms were the same 12 issues. Of course it would be nice to know what the difference between options 1 and 3 is (clearly option 2 is $20 cheaper for the same thing).

Ah well… I’m sure this will be straightened out over the next several days.

Beautiful Day for the Riverlast update: 05/25 @ 18:25 We’re spending a mellow holiday weekend at home. There were chores to do yesterday (and a few more are left) but the weather was really calling us to get out.

So we headed to Angler’s Inn and got there without incident (I think Rolling Thunder was just winding down). And we ended up in a prime parking spot — impressive for such a popular day to be out.

The river is still a little high from last weekend’s storm. But the level is headed down.

We paddled up and then ferried across the Virginia shoot several times. It was a little too high for swimming (and the path the jumping off spot was well guarded by a snaking resting on a tree trunk.

And Golf Ball Island — we named it last year — was pretty much underwater. That’s where Robert stepped out of the canoe and climbed on the back of Sarah’s kayak.

Aqua Obstaclelast update: 05/16 @ 23:08 We went back to Chinquapin for another family fun night water obstacle course. It was almost as much fun as last time. The first round of lifeguards were under instructions that only one person was to be on the course at a time.

So much for the head-to-head races. And with no first place finish on the line, there was no incentive to be fast. Careful and meticulous were the typical watchwords. That slowed things down.

Then a new round of lifeguards came on duty and Robert and I tied 1 and 1 (though I did give him a pretty big head start on the race I lost).

One nice bonus this time, Sarah alerted the usual suspects and Evan and a friend came out. It was great to see him again. I’m sorry I missed Sue.

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